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VASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 197-204Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2004.11.004
Keywords
phospholamban; portal vein; sarcoplasmic reticulum; calcium
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- NCRR NIH HHS [P40RR12357] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [F32 HL009781-02, HL-54829, HL-09781, R01 HL054829-04] Funding Source: Medline
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The rapid contraction/relaxation cycles of phasic smooth muscles necessitates intracellular calcium cycling at a more rapid rate than that of tonic smooth muscles. Recent studies suggest that sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium handling is an important determinant of portal vein phasic contractions. We evaluated the importance and role of phospholamban, a protein which inhibits the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium ATPase (SERCA), in regulating the contractility of the phasic mouse portal vein. PLB gene ablation significantly reduced. the basal frequency of spontaneous mechanical activity and increased force development of the portal vein. Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an inhibitor of SERCA, did not significantly affect the spontaneous activity of the wild-type (WT) portal vein. CPA (1 muM) eliminated the differences in frequency and force between the PLB-KO and WT. localizing the effects to the SR. The PLB-KO portal vein had a lower resting membrane potential than WT controls. There were no significant differences between WT and KO responses to charybdotoxin (250 nM), indicating that calcium-activated potassium channels do not contribute to altered KID portal vein contractility. While contractile sensitivity to acetylcholine was not different between WT and PLB-KO portal veins, force generated in response to a given concentration of acetylcholine was significantly greater in the PLB-KO portal vein, both in the absence and presence of CPA. Our results confirm that SR activity can play a major role in modulating the frequency of the spontaneous mechanical activity of portal veins and removal of PLB inhibition of the SR calcium ATPase has significant effects on the spontaneous activity of the portal vein. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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